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, in clean energy, and building innovation and tech. we're doing it in biotech. we're making the new advances for the rest of the country, for the rest of the world. we can invest it in massachusetts and we can build it in massachusetts. to do that, we need a good federal partner, someone in washington who will be there to fight for us and to invest in us. senator brown? >> thank you for your questions, and congratulations and good luck. we live in one of the greatest state in the country. massachusetts is an innovative state. the challenges that we are facing as i travel all are around massachusetts is the lack of regulatory and tax certainty. people are concerned, do not know what the tax policies will become new regulations will be imposed on that. the result is less people hiring and looking to hire. as i was with an unemployed mom, she tries -- she has been trying to find a job. of the challenges is that people are scared to hire, and it is the tax policies that are being pushed that are a factor. take it from the national federati
, in clean energy, and building innovation and tech. we're doing it in biotech. we're making the new advances for the rest of the country, for the rest of the world. we can invest it in massachusetts and we can build it in massachusetts. to do that, we need a good federal partner, someone in washington who will be there to fight for us and to invest in us. senator brown? >> thank you for your questions, and congratulations and good luck. we live in one of the greatest state in the...
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energy. what are the major areas that affect manufacturing? guest: cost of labor, of course. another one is transportation costs. when you look at the major areas of manufacturing in the united states, you talking about heavy things -- cars, planes, heavy machinery. that is a quarter of our manufacturing. it is hard to ship a giant machine to china than it is jeans, for example. that is another cost, how much does it cost to transport something from the factory to the consumer. host: we have a chart that lists payroll.us sectors' tell us about this. guest: again, just one of the misnomers about manufacturing -- a lot of people believe the jobs are fairly low paying jobs. you actually see that manufacturing is in the top 8 as far as average annual payroll for employees. it is to be thousan -- 50,667, a pretty robust celery to consider our current state of the economy. -- salary if you consider our current state of the economy. manufacturing jobs have changed over time. it is not the same situa
energy. what are the major areas that affect manufacturing? guest: cost of labor, of course. another one is transportation costs. when you look at the major areas of manufacturing in the united states, you talking about heavy things -- cars, planes, heavy machinery. that is a quarter of our manufacturing. it is hard to ship a giant machine to china than it is jeans, for example. that is another cost, how much does it cost to transport something from the factory to the consumer. host: we have a...
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we need to reduce energy costs. we need to help small businesses to create those opportunities. >> senator kerrey, have 30 seconds. >> he signed a pledge that would allow you, that you should pay the same texture employees pay. your balanced budget unemployment would double. i have examined the amendment, and it would double unemployment. >> i disagree. with regard to the buffet role, if you are going to tax every millionaire, that can run a the government for 17 hours. let's look at businesses create jobs and make opportunities in the state, and we can do it by reducing regulations, reduce it by having an energy plan, by repealing "obamacare." >> the next question. >> a question in this cycle is are we better at today than we were four years ago? are we? no, we are not better off with our economy, with our position in the world. we have seen a failure in leadership with this administration and with congress that is locked in gridlock. we need to send leaders to washington who will make tough decisions. i have shown
we need to reduce energy costs. we need to help small businesses to create those opportunities. >> senator kerrey, have 30 seconds. >> he signed a pledge that would allow you, that you should pay the same texture employees pay. your balanced budget unemployment would double. i have examined the amendment, and it would double unemployment. >> i disagree. with regard to the buffet role, if you are going to tax every millionaire, that can run a the government for 17 hours. let's...